Manage photos and videos from iPhone on the camino

K

kwmetz88

New Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Walking to santiago from france june 23-aug 31!

• Apr 14, 2014

• #1

I'm planning to walk the camino from Auch, France to Fisterre this summer, and I am bringing my iphone 5s to handle all the videos, photos, etc.

I am planning a bit of a project for myself, in terms of shooting videos and photos that I will create something with when I get home. I guess you could call it a documentary of sorts.

I'm hoping to be able to sync my iphone 5s to some sort of cloud shared folder in order to accomplish two things: continually clear space off my phone (I figure I hit wifi every night if not every other day), and also to provide friends and family with a place to follow my adventures, such as a shared folder where they can sort of see my camino as I go.

Any suggestions in terms of apps to use? Best practices? I have flickr's app, but it seems really frustrating to manage sets and pictures on the go. As far as photo editing, I am not overly concerned with finding something robust, just mostly looking to pull these off my phone every few days and allow others to see them.

Thanks!


Kevin

 

Jonas

Member

Time of past OR future Camino

(2014) Camino France from SJPdP (2017) from Burgos

• Apr 14, 2014

• #2

I have installed Dropbox on my iPhone 5s and tested before my departure in May. It works fine, and you can manage shared folder.

 

patgreen

Member

• Apr 14, 2014

• #3

I've never used it but your phone probably already has Apple icloud, which I think will do what you want. Or Facebook?

 

jirit

Veteran Member

Donating Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Camino Frances 2007,
Via Francigena Italy, 2008,
Jakobsweg Austria 2010,
Camino Frances 2011,
Le Puy to Lourdes 2012,
Via de la Plata 2013,
Future:
Ökumenischer (Via Regia), Germany,
Lycian Way, Turkey

• Apr 14, 2014

• #4

I suggest you check out the other thread about transferring images, plenty of discussions about the pros and cons of different methods

http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/photo-transfers-to-flickr-using-wifi.24962/

 

Ronnie.s

Member

Time of past OR future Camino

April (2014)

• Apr 15, 2014

• #5

I am using my iPhone 5s exclusively for photos and videos. I upload to iCloud each time I have wifi. Too much data transfer for the SIM card. Works PERFECTLY!! Sent an invitation to my iCloud folder to my kids so they could see my photos from home. Brilliant!

 

weekjchammings

KEITH JOHN

Time of past OR future Camino

GR10 HENDAYE - BANYULS SUR MERE 600+ MILES 2002 WITH MY SON.
ABERGAVENNY - BEAUPREAU TWIN TOWN 2009
ENGLISH SOUTH WEST COASTAL PATH 630 MILES 2010.
LE PUY EN VELAY -SANTIAGO - MUXIA - FINISTERRE 2011 1,000+ MILES
ABERGAVENNY WALES - MONT ST MICHEL - ST JEAN PdP - CAMINO FRANCES FRANCE - FINISTERRE 2013 1,400+ MILES.
SEVILLA - SANTIAGO VIA DE LA PLATA 2014
LISBON - PORTO - SANTIAGO - MUXIA - FINISTERRE CAMINO PORTUGUESE. 2016.
CAMINO DE LEVANTE PLANNED 2017.

• Apr 15, 2014

• #6

Ronnie.s said:

I am using my iPhone 5s exclusively for photos and videos. I upload to iCloud each time I have wifi. Too much data transfer for the SIM card. Works PERFECTLY!! Sent an invitation to my iCloud folder to my kids so they could see my photos from home. Brilliant!

Click to expand...

Remember to take a photo of your friend Mr Hemingway near the bullring in Pamplona, only just off piste.

Buen Camino...............Keith

 

Ronnie.s

Member

Time of past OR future Camino

April (2014)

• Apr 15, 2014

• #7

We ate at the Hemingway restaurant at the square, highly recommend!

 

K

kwmetz88

New Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Walking to santiago from france june 23-aug 31!

• Apr 15, 2014

• #8

The only thing I've read is that there is a 1000 photo limit and a 30 day limit for iCloud...

 

Kanga

Veteran Member

Donating Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Francés x 5, Le Puy x 2, Arles, Tours, Norte, Madrid, Via de la Plata, Portuguese, Primitivo

• Apr 15, 2014

• #9

After doing some research I decided to use Dropbox for work. I purchased extra space and now have plenty of storage for photos from my iPhone. I also use Photosync to move photos and videos from one device to another.

 

K

kwmetz88

New Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Walking to santiago from france june 23-aug 31!

• Apr 15, 2014

• #10

Kanga said:

After doing some research I decided to use Dropbox for work. I purchased extra space and now have plenty of storage for photos from my iPhone. I also use Photosync to move photos and videos from one device to another.

Click to expand...

Do you find that the video and photo sync is incredibly slow for even a wifi connection? It's taking 24+ hours to upload about 400 photos and a maybe 30 twenty-thirty second clips.

 

Kanga

Veteran Member

Donating Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Francés x 5, Le Puy x 2, Arles, Tours, Norte, Madrid, Via de la Plata, Portuguese, Primitivo

• Apr 16, 2014

• #11

kwmetz88 said:

Do you find that the video and photo sync is incredibly slow for even a wifi connection? It's taking 24+ hours to upload about 400 photos and a maybe 30 twenty-thirty second clips.

Click to expand...

I find Photosync fast - took only half an hour to upload over a thousand photos to another device. It must depend on your wifi connection and probably also the website or service receiving the photos. Certainly much slower to send to Dropbox. I have Dropbox automatically receiving my camera roll in the background whenever in wifi range.